Artificial Insemination Rate and Income of Farmers in Padang Pariaman District

Abstract

This study aims to determine the success rate of artificial insemination in beef cattle and the implications of artificial insemination in beef cattle on the income of farmers in Padang Pariaman Regency, West Sumatra. This study uses a survey method by interviewing 93 farmers and observing the cattle kept by the community in the research location. Sample selection was done by the accidental sampling method. The research data was obtained from artificial insemination reporting data in Padang Pariaman Regency which was taken as many as 957 acceptors, with 520 heads of Coastal cattle, 166 head of Bali cattle, 193 Simmental Peranakan cattle, 11 Brahman cattle, 35 PO cattle, and Limousin breed 32 tails. The variables observed were the characteristics of the breeder (age, education level, main occupation, experience in raising livestock, and the number of livestock kept). Inseminator Characteristics (age, education level, years of service, and activity of officers in the field), IB services, maintenance techniques (cattle that were maintained, feed given, maintenance management), IB success based on livestock reproduction (S/C, Conception rate, and Calving rate) and IB implications for farmer's income (revenues, costs incurred/profits). Based on the results of research on the success rate of Artificial Insemination in Beef Cattle in Padang Pariaman Regency, it can be concluded that Service per Conception (S/C) is 1.36 times, Conception Rate (CR) is 70.32%, Calving Rate (CVR) 45.98%. The implication of artificial insemination is that based on pregnancy and birth of livestock and the profits obtained from livestock that are born so that there is an added value and is reduced by the cost of feed, cage equipment, drug costs affect the income of farmers so that the net profits obtained by farmers are obtained.